The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots and characters; and essays on the ancient theatres and theatrical usages |
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... five plays usually ascribed to Shakspeare , Mrs. Lennox entirely neglected no less than twelve . Of the twenty - three on which she wrote essays , she failed in six instances of tracing them to their correct sources ; and of ten.
... five plays usually ascribed to Shakspeare , Mrs. Lennox entirely neglected no less than twelve . Of the twenty - three on which she wrote essays , she failed in six instances of tracing them to their correct sources ; and of ten.
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... entirely his own . The conclusion is inevitable that the bent of his mind was decidedly comic . Why , with such a disposition , so large a majority of the subjects selected by him were serious , it is in vain to enquire ; but it appears ...
... entirely his own . The conclusion is inevitable that the bent of his mind was decidedly comic . Why , with such a disposition , so large a majority of the subjects selected by him were serious , it is in vain to enquire ; but it appears ...
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... entirely ex- empted him from a weekly contribution of four pence to the poor . At the same time , also , he was indebted five pounds to a baker at Stratford , and compelled to obtain collateral securities for its payment . In the ...
... entirely ex- empted him from a weekly contribution of four pence to the poor . At the same time , also , he was indebted five pounds to a baker at Stratford , and compelled to obtain collateral securities for its payment . In the ...
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... entirely ; the mixture of two was very frequent , and instances of the presence of all three in the same play were by no means common . That our early dramatists were well acquainted with the laws which antiquity prescribed for the ...
... entirely ; the mixture of two was very frequent , and instances of the presence of all three in the same play were by no means common . That our early dramatists were well acquainted with the laws which antiquity prescribed for the ...
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... of instruction , in the shape of moralities , gave way to scenes of mere amusement , the pro- fanation of sacred edifices was loudly protested against , and , by degrees , entirely disused . 22 THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
... of instruction , in the shape of moralities , gave way to scenes of mere amusement , the pro- fanation of sacred edifices was loudly protested against , and , by degrees , entirely disused . 22 THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE .
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الصفحة 193 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night', Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand, Cancel, and tear to pieces, that great bond Which keeps me pale ! — Light thickens ; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood : Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
الصفحة 159 - tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
الصفحة 65 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
الصفحة 234 - In her days, every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants ; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
الصفحة 260 - With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries ; The honey bags steal from the humble-bees, And, for night-tapers, crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glowworm's eyes...
الصفحة 269 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
الصفحة 254 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
الصفحة 156 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
الصفحة 73 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
الصفحة 153 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds ' To smother up his beauty from the world...